Gates to Paradise

Gates to Paradise
Directed byAndrzej Wajda
Written byJerzy Andrzejewski
Donald Howarth
Produced bySam Waynberg
StarringJohn Fordyce
Lionel Stander
Mathieu Carrière
Pauline Challoner
Ferdy Mayne
CinematographyMieczyslaw Jahoda
Music byWard Swingle
Production
company
Release date
  • 1968 (1968)
Running time
UK: 89 min / DE: 77 min
CountriesUnited Kingdom
Yugoslavia

Gates to Paradise (also known as Vrata Raja) is a 1968 film by Polish director Andrzej Wajda and starring Lionel Stander, Ferdy Mayne and Mathieu Carrière.[1] The film is set in medieval France and is based on the 1960 novel by Polish writer Jerzy Andrzejewski that seeks to expose the motives behind youthful religious zeal. It was entered into the 18th Berlin International Film Festival.[2]

  1. ^ "Gates to Paradise". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
  2. ^ "Awards for Gates to Paradise". IMDb. Retrieved 2 March 2010.